The Hocking sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1871-1906, 1887-02-10
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Tne Waif Who Was Flown into Homo
and Then BIown Out to Sea.

81 live in Harris county. the horne of
the cyclone" said 4 Geor .ian to an At
lanta Constitution reporter. .'About
three yeara ago, one afternoon in May,
was Gown at the spring. when sudden
ly heard sound Ike the ru.Iblins of
a freight train. Looking ur. saw n
funnel-shapei cloud coming over
the top of the NIL on the other side Of
my housc and heading in MY direction.
As black IS midnight. with eirc,r.c
sparks emanatinr from If in showers. il
was a fesrfui-loohing thing. and my
hair stood on end as / looked at II. The
spring was in little hollow under =
huge rock, and as the place mas the cnly
shelter within reach / threw myself
down. hugging the ground like good
fellow. 1t seemed to mo that it was ali
over in a minute. l heard an awful
roar. The ground shook under me-
Lurid strcaks zigEaggod in every direc-
zion, and then came the pst:ering of
pelting hail.
Il rose TO my feet and looked about
me. l hardly knew the scene. Also
lutely nothing was left of nv little cot
tage except the floor and underpinninr.
AHO nS.O ScLC.
l heard feeble cry in the shrubbcry
near where my front gate had stood.
The shrubbery had been beaten down
end lay perfectly fat in tangled mass.
Approaching the spot was almost para
lyzed TO see half hidden in the bushes
little child, apparently net more than
years old.
Bringing up my friends with shout,
we picked up the little fellow. To our
surprise he was alive and without a
scratch. lie laughed merriiy. but spoke
:ndistinctly. We asked his name re-
peatedly, and his reply always sounded
eomething ike Tommy OF course we
supposed that he was the child OF some
neighbor. Alter putting the child to
bed at neighbore house my friends
wife came to me and said that the boy
could moi possibly be one OF our Harris
county folks His little frock WAS made
OF peculiar material not used in those
parts. There were no marks on hie
clothing. His DARK face and bright
black eyes had q foreign lcok, and his |
baby jargon was not English
'.Well, sir, | sent out runners and
then advertised. and everybody came to
see the boy. 1t was useless We never |
got the slightest clew to him.
The following summer I went to ,
Mississippi. l took Tornado Tommy /
along for company. Our destination |
was little village on the guilt After
cur arrival was very busy and allowed /
the boy to run about On the beach as /
he pleased. Late one afternoon a torna-
do came along. inst barely missing the
village. 1t twisted uD big trees and car
ried them out of sight Its course was
straight to the gull. and the last seen of
it WAS as it wbirled away over the We
tiers. As it had missed us was happy,
but thinking that the child might be
frightened hurried 10 the house where
We were stopping. He was not there,
and WAS told that he had gone alone
to the beach couple of hours before. :,
Then was alarmed. rushed down TO
the water and searched and shouted iiks
a mailman. The poor litlie fellow was
gone. The villagers all joined ne, but
we were soon forced to give up all hope.
There was no doubt about It. The tor
nado had caught up the boy Ike
feather and carried him ont to sea-"